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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Lower the age from 25yrs to 20yrs for invitations for Cervical Smear Tests for Women in the Uk. More details
Submitted by Carmel Woodhouse – Deadline to sign up by: 17 June 2008 – Signatures: 125
More details from petition creator
The NHS say cervical cancer is rare in women under 20, mainly because teenagers' bodies are still developing. Nowadays, in our society, young girls are growing up faster and developing quicker. As women stop growing at approx 21yrs old, just after puberty, they are more at risk of problems, including cell changes in the cervix. In some cases waiting for an invitation for a smear test at 25 could be too late for some girls. I have been in touch with women who have had to have smear tests and treatments/surgery that are under the age of 25, and I myself, at the age of 19 and 20, had surgury for cancer cells. Even though doctors are sometimes reluctant to do smear tests on under 25s, I feel it’s important we should have the option to be invited to attend a smear test at a younger age. And as girls/women are developing faster in this day and age, the age should be reduced to 20.
Current signatories
Carmel Woodhouse, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- liz clayton
- Rachael Jones
- Rachel Buxton
- Kenneth Davies
- Yolanda Iseley
- Carmen Woodhouse
- Dick King
- S King
- Hayley Fox
- Leanne O'Donnell
- amy palmer
- Wayne Judd
- sarah langley
- Natalie Robins
- James
- m vende
- N King
- Helen Lock
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Philip Glover
- Laura Fewell
- Jessica Hamer
- Amy Spencer
- Jason Horton
- Jacqueline Roberts
- Louise Kenworthy
- lindsay mcnaught
- Elizabeth Mary Howard
- Susan Magrath
- Sarah Lesquerre
- Emma Dunley
- Eva Edwards
- Katie Monaghan
- Loraine Whittam
- Kelly-ann Lyle
- Steven Bailey
- Angharad Hopkins
- jacqui king
- Melanie Chard
- Amy Cox
- Jeanette Reynolds
- Nathalie Weston
- STEPHANIE GIROUD
- Mrs DOBROSSY Marie-Cecile
- Annika Harrington
- denise griffiths
- Debbie Comley
- Mari Nash
- Carolynn Dean
- Jackie budd
- Linden Sheffield
- monyca ireland
- Sarah Jane Jukka
- Paula Burgess
- Rachel John
- david wilson
- Sue Wilson
- S Atkinson
- Liz Rankine
- Amelia Marden
- Lesley Ing
- Rosemary Stanley
- Lucy Gibson
- Tina Cartwright
- Lowri Goldsmith
- Karen Ranachan
- Sue Milner
- Jackie Stanley
- Heather Vale
- Ella Kay
- Megan Boddy
- Sarah Williams
- laura hill
- Samantha North
- Linda Aird
- kim north
- Alison Crook
- Joan Stoute
- Ros Kruger
- Maxine Asprey
- Diane Jones
- Lindsey Willetts
- Annabel Sheffield
- Emma Aird
- GailWilkinson
- Jacqueline McGee
- Yvonne Finlayson
- Carolyn Phillips
- Stephen Brandon
- nadine chant
- jade humphrey
- Ruth Boxall
- Kerri Booker
- Lisa-marie Richardson
- Ann-Marie Sparkes
- cyril
- Tessa Shewan
- Louise James
- D Zysemil
- kate street
- Zoe Snowdon
- Amy Wilson
- DIANNE
- Allie Hughes
- V Feaviour
- Sarah Harkin
- Anneka Kingan
- Sophie Barnett
- Kirsten Chinnock
- Hailey Shaw
- kirsty rankin
- hailey searle
- R WHITE
- John McDonald
- Gemma Murphy RGN
- Claire Nerurker
- PETER HOWARD
- Pamela Winterbourne
- jill hehir
- ortiz felicity
- DEVIA SOLANKI
- karl king
- anne symes
- Charlotte Hylton
